Paul authorised a new pattern of standards in 1797, so it is likely that by 1799 most regiments would have been issued with these. Essentially these had a double headed eagle, with crown over, surrounded by laurel leaf wreath in a central circle. Each regiment had a " white" standard ( white cross on appropriately coloured background colour for the regiment) and then each company had a coloured standard, with a cross. These crosses were subdivided in some cases and the field could also be coloured. Many regiments continued to carry this 1797 pattern through the early years of the Napoleonic wars, even after Alexander came to the throne and authorised a new pattern.

Regiments/battalions officially had one flag per company in some years. I'm not sure if they actually carried that many flags around. I resolve the issue by giving each battalion two flags, a white flag for the Czar and a colored one. Double-flagged units always look good on the table!

Апшеронский мушкетерский полк – Apsheronskiy mushketerskiy polk1+9 flags of the 1797 model issued 30.VII.1797, poles blackreplaced about 1840I did not find images The "white" has a white cross with the corners halved rose and light blue (with the rose before the blue reading clockwise)The "colored" has a rose cross with the corners light blue

Тульский мушкетерский полк – Tul'skiy mushketerskiy polk1+9 flags of the 1797 model issued 30.VII.1797, poles coffee-coloredreplaced 1824I did not find images The "white" was to have a white cross with the corners halved crimson and light blue (with the crimson before the blue reading clockwise)The "colored" was to have a crimson cross with the corners light blueHowever, a written report on the flags as issued termed the red "scarlet" instead fo "crimson"

Be very careful. The flag site linked by ForwardMarch gives the impression that every regiment was issued with the Model 1800. In fact, very few regiments were issued with them. And to a lesser extent, the same goes for the Model 1803. There were entire divisions at Borodino still carrying their Model 1797 flags. It is definitely a case by case basis.

Start with Viskovitov. He does indicate which units were issued with Model 1803 and 1806, and when. You can pretty much figure everyone else was carrying 1797. Like I said, only a very few regiments, like the Tavriches Grenadier Regiment, were ever issued the model 1800 flag.

Von Winterfeldt:Most of the illustrations are from vexillographia.ru (and they note their source in each case). It is not original/archive research as to what exactly each regiment actually had with them and used on the campaign in Italy. But, the designs do reflect the ukases found in the PSZRI, and there was time in each case to "get right" with the regulations. Did all the regiments do this? Only the archives could provide a better answer than, "well, probably yes".The older looking print with the finial of the flag pole is from the Viskovatov.

Widowson :I agree completely. I did show for each regiment when the 1797 model flags were authorized and when withdrawn, most indeed after 1812, just as you noted.

Barcephus:We have the same list of regimentsYou have the regimental names (correctly) for the "shef" – a senior officer who was responsible to oversee the regiment, ranking above its commander. The regiments bore the name of their shef for a brief period under the Tsar Paul – the name changed whenever the shef was changed. Then they reverted to their traditional and typically gepgraphic names. It is usually easier to find information based on the geographic names, but you are completely correct to use the shef names for "1799-ish".

Dates are all Old Style (Russian Julian calendar). I show the names applicable through 1799. Some had no changes, some had a changed person as shef and some had a name change only because the shef was promoted. You can immediately see how cumbersome was this system. The Tsar Alexander changed back to geographic names immediately – 9 days *before* his official coronation!

I cannot find a list, detailed or otherwise, on what Suvorov is dragging along with him. Would it be safe to say a couple of med batteries per division and one or two heavy batteries for the Corps reserve?

he would have used it as artillery not as battalion guns, which are asigned to an infantry battalion. In case you look at the terrain, it is high Alpine warfare – steep passes, narrow roads and lanes, narrow vallies, raging white water rivers, I travelled a large part of Suvarov's march in 1999, magnificient scenery.As for the campain in the plains of Northern Italy, along with the Austrians, might have been different then.